25 Jul 2024獨媒#3850
狄志遠爆官員批評反對議員「唔使咁啊？」 掀「愛國者」隔空罵戰
Third Side Legislative Council member Tik Chi-yuen recently said the current-term legislature had failed to highlight diverse voices. He also revealed that, after a lawmaker expressed an opposing view, an official called to say, “You don’t have to go that far, do you?” Tik used the incident to urge the Government to be more open-minded. His remarks sparked an uproar in the Legislative Council shortly after it went into recess. DAB’s Holden Chow accused Tik Chi-yuen of misleading the public, while New People’s Party’s Eunice Yung said, without naming anyone, that the executive and legislature should “do more practical work and engage in less political point-scoring”.
The remarks followed a media tea gathering held by Third Side the day before yesterday to review its work. Tik said the current-term legislature had failed to highlight “diverse voices” and revealed at the gathering that an official had called a lawmaker to express opposition. He said the Government should accommodate different views in order to “pool the wisdom of the group”.
新思維立法會議員狄志遠日前表示，今屆議會未能突顯多元聲音，又透露曾有議員提出反對意見後，被官員致電表示「唔使咁啊」，狄藉此呼籲政府胸襟應更廣闊。此言一出，剛休會的立法會就掀然大波，民建聯周浩鼎叫點斥狄志遠誤導市民，而新民黨的容海恩就不點名表示，行政立法機關應「多做實事，少一些政治抽水」。
事緣新思維前日舉行傳媒茶敍總結過去工作，他提及今屆議會未能突顯「多元聲音」，席間更爆出有官員致電表達反對意見的議員，狄藉此稱政府應容納不同意見，才可以「集思廣益」。
19 Jun 2024集誌社#3710
港大內鬥｜「調研期間」 校委會會議 不足半小時散會
The governance dispute at the University of Hong Kong continues, with the University Council and President Zhang Xiang engaged in a public war of words over the appointment of a vice-president. The Council held a special meeting at 4pm today (19th) at HKU’s Knowles Building. The university said that both President Zhang Xiang and Council Chairperson Wong Pui-see attended, but the meeting ended before 4.30pm, lasting less than half an hour. Council members present included former Legislative Council member Abraham Razack, JPMorgan managing director David Pak Wai Lau, and HKU honorary clinical professor in the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Shew Ping Chow. Norman Chihnan Tien, who was earlier appointed by the Council as Acting Vice-President (Administration and Finance), was also present.
港大管治風波持續，委任副校長一事，校委會與校長張翔隔空罵戰。校委會今日（19日）於下午四時，在港大鈕魯詩樓召開特別會議。校方透露，除校長張翔及校委會主席王沛詩均有出席會議，惟會議在四時半前已完結，時間少於半小時。現身會議的校委成員有前立法會議員石禮謙、摩根大通董事總經理劉伯偉、港大矯形及創傷外科學系名譽臨床教授周肇平。此外，早前獲校委會任命的暫任行政及財務副校長田之楠亦有現身。
12 Jun 2024獨媒#3673
去年「集會」71個較2019年跌逾八成 保安局指無備存所涉訴求
Hong Kong was once a “city of marches”, but the situation changed markedly after 2019. In response to a written question from a Legislative Council member, Secretary for Security Chris Tang said the number of assemblies issued with Letters of No Objection fell from 410 in 2019 to just 71 last year, a drop of more than 80%. The bureau said it did not keep records of the demands involved in “marches and assemblies”. A review of its records found that several of the “assemblies” were political party mobilisation and oath-taking events related to the District Council elections.
香港曾經是「遊行之都」，自2019年後情況大變。保安局局長鄧炳強回答立法會議員書面質詢，指獲發不反對通知書的集會由2019年的410個，跌至去年僅71個，跌幅逾八成。局方稱沒有備存「遊行集會」所涉的訴求，翻查紀綠，多個「集會」均為與區議會選舉相關的政黨造勢和誓師大會。
30 May 2024獨媒#3600
立法會不就社工註冊局改組設公聽會 張宇人稱怕人多被傳染新冠
More than a year after the pandemic subsided, the issue of restructuring the Social Workers Registration Board became the reason for the Legislative Council’s opposition to holding a public hearing. At a meeting of the Bills Committee on the relevant bill, Liberal Party lawmaker Peter Shiu said COVID-19 infections still occurred and expressed concern that a public hearing could bring several hundred people together: “At my age, I’m a bit worried.” Three other lawmakers also opposed the proposal. Federation of Trade Unions lawmaker Tang Ka-piu said he was concerned that other LegCo public works subcommittees would have “no room to use”. Committee chairman Chan Hak-kan ultimately said the “mainstream view” opposed holding a public hearing, and decided that only written submissions would be accepted from the public.
The Bills Committee on the Social Workers Registration (Amendment) Bill 2024 met at the Legislative Council this afternoon. Tik Chi-yuen of New Thinking, who had earlier said he was unable to join the committee after failing in a ballot, proposed holding a public hearing. Peter Shiu quickly opposed the proposal, saying: “Now, among the people around me and my colleagues, COVID still occurs from time to time.” He said he was concerned that if a public hearing were held, “several hundred people would gather in this place; at my age, I’m a bit worried.” He also said that 64 written submissions had already been received without holding a public hearing, which was sufficient to reflect views. He added that when members of the public face controversial legislation, “everyone has become used to” submitting views in writing.
疫情過去已經一年多，但在社工註冊局改組的重要問題上，就成為立法會反對成立公聽會的原因。自由黨張宇人在相關條例草案委員會上稱，covid時有發生，擔心公聽會引來幾百人聚集，「我呢啲年紀，有啲擔心」。另外3名議員表示反對，包括工聯會鄧家彪稱擔心立法會其他工務小組「無房用」，結果委員會主席陳克勤一鎚定音稱「主流意見」反對召開公聽會，只設立書面渠道讓市民抒見。
《2024年社會工作者註冊（修訂）條例草案》委員會今午在立法會召開，早前稱抽籤失敗無法躋身委員會的新思維狄志遠，提出召開公聽會的意見。張宇人迅速反對，稱「而家我周圍附近，同事又好，covid都時有發生」，他擔心一旦開公聽會，「幾百人喺呢個地方，我呢啲年紀，自己有啲擔心」。他又稱即使未開公聽會，已收到64份意見書，足夠反映意見，他更稱市民面對具爭議性的法例，「大家都慣咗」以書面方式交意見。
17 May 2024獨媒#3543
孫東催促好趁光刻工具未禁運快撥款 財委會速過28億
Although top mainland technicians can polish surfaces to a roughness of “5 nanometres”, key lithography tools for chip production technology still have to be imported from abroad. The Legislative Council Finance Committee discussed this afternoon the allocation of HK$2.83 billion to establish the Hong Kong Microelectronics Research and Development Institute, focusing on the development of third-generation semiconductors. Equipment for the pilot production line includes lithography tools. Michael Tien of Roundtable asked whether the US election could affect exports of lithography machines. Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong said that I-line lithography tools for third-generation semiconductors were not on foreign embargo lists, repeatedly stressing that the funding had to be approved “quickly”. After just 84 minutes of discussion, the Finance Committee approved the funding by a show of hands without a roll-call vote.
雖然內地有頂級技師可以磨研「5奈米」的粗糙度，不過在生產晶片技術的關鍵光刻工具，仍要靠外國入口。立法會財委會今午討論斥資28.3億元設立「香港微電子研發院」，主攻研發第三代半導體，「中試線」設備包括光刻工具。實政圓桌田北辰關注美國大選會否影響光刻機出口，創科局長孫東表示第三代半導體的「I線光刻工具」不在外國禁運名單，多次強調撥款「時間要快！」結果僅討論84分鐘，財委會就以不記名方式，舉手通過撥款。
8 May 2024Channel C#3507
撥款條例草案｜立法會罕有不記名三讀通過預算案 何君堯曾揚言不投贊成票今缺席
The Legislative Council today (8th) unusually voted by secret ballot to pass the Appropriation Bill 2024 at third reading. It was the first time in 20 years, since 2004, that the financial budget had been passed by secret ballot. Four lawmakers were absent during the third-reading vote, including Election Committee constituency lawmaker Junius Ho, who had said during the second-reading debate that he would vote against it. In a media interview today, he explained that he had been unable to attend the meeting because he had to receive a mayor visiting Hong Kong on an inspection tour, and said that even if he had been present, he would have abstained "at most".
立法會今日（8日）罕有以不記名方式表決，三讀通過《2024年撥款條例草案》，是繼2004年後，20年來首次不記名通過財政預算案。而三讀表決時有4名議員不在席，當中包括二讀辯論時曾揚言要投反對票的選委界議員何君堯。他今日接受傳媒訪問時解釋，因要接待來港考察的市長，未能出席會議，又表明即使在席也「極其量」投棄權票。
29 Apr 2024獨媒#3449
謝展寰：難監察鄉郊垃圾站用指定袋 工作重點在宣傳教育
The Legislative Council Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene discussed measures to improve refuse collection in rural areas this morning. Liberal Party lawmaker Shiu Ka-fai asked how the use of designated bags by residents could be ensured after the waste charging scheme was implemented, given that rural refuse collection points were unattended. Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan admitted that monitoring would be difficult and said the focus should be on publicity and education.
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department currently has about 900 small refuse collection points in rural areas, and has placed 240-litre or 660-litre refuse bins at about 2,200 locations. Since 2018, the department has gradually introduced and trialled new facilities. The 2022 Policy Address also announced that priority would be given to installing relevant facilities at about 500 locations, including mobile solar-powered refuse compactors, solar-powered waste compactor bins, and solar-powered or foot-operated aluminium refuse collection stations.
立法會食物安全及環境衞生事務委員會今早討論改善鄉郊垃圾收集的措施，自由黨邵家輝問到，鄉郊垃圾站無人管理，在垃圾徵費實施後如何確保市民使用指定袋。環境及生態局局長謝展寰承認難以監察，認為重點在於宣傳及教育。
目前食環署在鄉郊地區約有900個小型垃圾收集站，另在約2,200個地點放置容量為240公升或660公升的垃圾桶。署方在2018年起陸續引入及試行新型設施，而在2022年《施政報告》中，亦宣布優先在約500個地點設置相關設施，包括流動太陽能垃圾壓縮機（壓縮機）、太陽能廢物壓縮箱（壓縮箱），以及太陽能／腳踏式鋁質垃圾收集站。
26 Apr 2024獨媒#3439
梁美芬指大灣區設票站須審慎：政治文化不同「唔好影響內地」
Voter turnout in last year’s district council election was below 30%, while election expenditure surged to HK$1.1 billion. The Legislative Council Panel on Constitutional Affairs reviewed election arrangements this morning, with some legislators concerned about how election spending could be reduced. The Wing Kwong (1963) Chan said the work of Care Teams should not be suspended entirely during the election period, noting that promoting safe road-crossing messages to elderly people, for example, was unrelated to the election. Candidates, however, had “cut off their toes to avoid sandworms”, which they believed had affected services for residents. Priscilla Leung cautioned that setting up polling stations in other Greater Bay Area cities would require prudence because political cultures on the mainland were different, saying, “What Hong Kong does should not affect the mainland.”
去年區議會選舉投票率不足三成，選舉開支卻飆升至11億元，立法會制政事務委員會今早檢討選舉安排，有議員關注選舉開支如何減，民建聯陳永光就認為不應在選舉期間全停關愛隊工作，例如向長者推廣安全過馬路訊息與選舉無關，但候選人就「斬腳趾避沙蟲」，認為令居民服務「受影響」。梁美芬就提醒若於大灣區其他城市設票站必須「審慎」，因為內地政治文化不同，「香港做嘅嘢，唔好影響內地」。
18 Apr 2024獨媒#3383
陳穎欣不點名再轟《正義迴廊》指弒親內容是「唱衰香港故事」
Legislative Council member Chan Wing-hing of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions recently said that projects funded by the Film Development Fund allegedly contained “soft resistance” and negative content. The Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau replied that different people have different feelings about films. At Thursday’s Legislative Council meeting, Chan criticised the bureau’s response as “an answer saying that a mother is a woman and a father is a man”, and again criticised the film The Sparring Partner without naming it, saying its plot involved killing parents and was disparaging Hong Kong stories: “I also want to ask the Secretary, would anyone think that films about parricide bring positive feelings? Would they be telling a good Hong Kong story?” Secretary Kevin Yeung reiterated in his reply: “The film industry developing well is itself telling a good Hong Kong story and telling a good Chinese story.” The authorities will also require films to comply with Hong Kong law, including the Hong Kong National Security Law.
工聯會立法會議員陳穎欣日前表示，「電影發展基金」資助項目涉嫌有「軟對抗」、負能量的情節，文化體育及旅遊局回覆指，不同人對電影的感受不同。陳穎欣周四在立法會會議上，斥局方的回應「係一啲阿媽係女人，阿爸係男人嘅答覆」，又不點名再炮轟電影《正義迴廊》，指劇情涉及殺害父母，是唱衰香港故事：「同埋我都想問吓局長，一啲弒親嘅電影，難道會有人覺得呢啲係帶嚟正面嘅感受咩？會說好香港故事咩？」局長楊潤雄回覆時重申：「電影業發展得好，本身已經係說好香港故事，說好中國嘅故事。」當局亦會要求電影必須符合香港法例，包括《香港國安法》。
18 Apr 2024獨媒#3385
去年區選開支逾12億 曾國衞：大增票站人手「直行就入去就投票」
The Legislative Council’s Special Finance Committee is scrutinising the budgets of government departments. Expenditure related to last year’s District Council election amounted to 992 million, including 235 million in staff costs, 122 million on publicity and 635 million in other expenditure. Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang Kwok-wai said that “improving” the electoral system and district governance were extremely important to Hong Kong’s development, and that the public needed to be informed. The authorities had also increased staffing and the number of ballot-paper issuing counters, greatly improving efficiency. Citing his own experience, he said that voters had to queue for more than an hour in the 2019 District Council election, whereas last year they could “basically just walk straight in and vote”, saving the public time and benefiting society as a whole.
立法會特別財委會正審議政府部門的預算，其中去年度與區議會選舉相關開支為9.92億。當中員工支出為2.35億，宣傳則為1.22億，其他開支則為6.35億。政制及內地事務局局長曾國衞指，「完善」選舉制度及地區治理對香港發展極為重要，需讓市民知悉。此外，當局增加人手及發票櫃位，令效率大增。他以自身經歷為例，稱2019年區議會選舉排隊投票需個多小時，去年區選則「基本上都係直行就入去就投票」，節省市民時間，對整體社會有效益。
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